专辑简介：
这套广受欢迎的系列将重点介绍门德尔松的生平和音乐。探讨了门德尔松成就的广度、他优越成长经历的复杂性以及他声誉起伏不定的原因。由 达薇妮亚·卡迪（Davinia Caddy）撰写，收录了许多音乐选段，包括《小提琴协奏曲》、《弦乐八重奏》和《以利亚》，以及他的合唱作品、交响曲、奏鸣曲和歌曲。

曲目
1  Introduction
2  Die beiden Neffen oder Der Onkel aus Boston (The Two Nephews, or The Uncle from Boston), MWV L4, Act I: Overture (excerpt)
3  Der Onkel aus Boston (‘The Uncle from Boston’), a three-act dramatic work by Felix Mendelssohn, begun in May 1822 and completed in November 1823…
4  6 Kinderstücke (6 Children’s Pieces), Op. 72, “Christmas Pieces”: No. 1. Allegro non troppo, MWV U171
5  An extract from Mendelssohn’s piano collection Kinderstücke (‘Children’s Pieces’), published after the composer’ death in 1847…
6  Lied zum Geburtstag meines guten Vaters, MWV K1
7  By his early teens, Mendelssohn had already acquired an impressive portfolio of musical compositions across a range of genreschamber music, psalm settings, string sinfonias and keyboard works…
8  String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, MWV R20: III. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo (excerpt)
9  A similar musical atmosphere was created in the second of Mendelssohn’s towering early workshis Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, finished in early August 1826 and, like the Octet… 
10  A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21, MWV P3 (excerpt)
11  The period also witnessed the intensification of Mendelssohn’s historical interest in earlier styles, particularly sacred vocal music…
12  Hora est, MWV B18: Hora est 
13  1829 saw the beginning of Mendelssohn’s Grand Tour of Europe, a series of excursions that took the composer north to Scotland and south to Italy… 
14  The Hebrides in D Major, Op. 26, MWV P7, “Fingal’s Cave” (excerpt)
15  At the home of a wealthy mine owner in north Wales, the next stop in his tour, Mendelssohn first contemplated a large-scale orchestral work now known as the Reformation Symphony…
16  Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16, “Italian”: IV. Saltarello: Presto (excerpt)
17  The second opportunity to present itself on Mendelssohn’s return to Berlin, following his European tour, was the directorship of the 15th Niederrheinisches Musikfest…
18  Overture in C Major, Op. 101, MWV P2, “Trumpet” (excerpt) 
19  The success of Mendelssohn’s directorship of the Düsseldorf festival – to one commentator, ‘the greatest public success that he had yet had in Germany’…
20  Paulus (St. Paul), Op. 36, MWV A14, Part II: How Lovely are the Messengers (Sung in English) (excerpt)
21  Roughly one month earlier, the 9th of September 1836, Mendelssohn had become engaged to Cécile Jeanrenaud…
22  3 Motets, Op. 39: No. 1. Veni, Domine (Hear my prayer, O Lord), MWV B24 (excerpt)
23  The next few years in Leipzig witnessed the completion of Mendelssohn’s String Quartets Op. 44, his Piano Trio in D minor, the Overture ‘Ruy Blas’…
24  Organ Sonata in C Minor, Op. 65, No. 2, MWV W57: II. Allegro maestoso e vivace (excerpt)
25  It is easy to forget that, while Mendelssohn was most famous during his lifetime as a composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist, his skills extended to the organ… 
26  Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: III. Allegro molto vivace (excerpt) 
27  Hear My Prayer, a short standalone piece of sacred choral music also composed in 1844, cannot be described as a masterpiece…
28  Hear My Prayer, WoO 15, MWV B49 (version for voice and organ) (excerpt)
29  Ten years after the premiere of St. Paul, Mendelssohn turned his attention once again to the genre of the oratoriothe result was Elijah…
30  Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25, Part II: Alsdann wird euer Licht hervorbrechen (And then shall Your light break forth) (excerpt)
31  Mendelssohn died on the 4th of November 1847 following a series of strokes…
32  Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 28 in G Major, Op. 62, No. 4, MWV U175

艺术家简介：
达薇妮亚·卡迪（Davinia Caddy）是一位享有声誉的音乐学者和教授，她在剑桥大学获得了音乐博士学位，并在牛津大学完成了她的博士后研究。目前，她在新西兰奥克兰大学的音乐学院教授音乐历史、理论和分析。卡迪的研究兴趣主要集中在19世纪和20世纪的欧洲音乐、舞蹈、戏剧和文化，以及音乐与身体、性别、感觉和情感的关系。她的作品包括多本音乐相关的书籍和文章，其中《俄罗斯芭蕾舞团及其之后：巴黎美好时代的音乐与舞蹈》（由剑桥大学出版社于2012年出版）获得了广泛的赞誉。此外，她也参与了一些音乐节目和广播的制作，包括《如何聆听古典音乐》。